Leander Cephas Whitlock

Leander Cephas Whitlock was an American investor from Atlantic City, New Jersey who was involved with Louis Kaestner's political machine during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Biography
Leander Cephas Whitlock was born in New Jersey, and he became a wealthy investor and lawyer, serving as the lawyer for Atlantic City political boss Louis Kaestner during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Whitlock was his trusted right-hand man, and he backed the Commodore when he decided to regain power for himself in a 1921 "political coup" against his protege Enoch Thompson, the Atlantic County Treasurer. Whitlock gave his support to Kaestner's illegitimate son Jimmy Darmody during the coup, giving him advice on how to carry out the coup. When it failed, Whitlock returned to his wealthy life in retirement, and he decided to hire Pinkerton agent Roy Phillips to implicate Gillian Darmody in the murder of a young man to pass him off as the body of her true son, which was meant to give her the rights to the late Commodore's property. This succeeded, and Darmody was confined in a mental institution from 1924 to 1931.